Smart Tactile Gloves for Haptic Interaction, Communication, and Rehabilitation
Journal article
Authors | Oliver Ozioko and Ravinder Dahiya |
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Abstract | Wearable human machine interfaces (HMI) such as smart gloves have attracted considerable interest in recent years. The quality of the interactive experience with the real and virtual world using wearable HMI technologies depends on the intuitive two-way haptic interfaces they offer and the real-time touch-based information they send and receive. Herein, various smart glove solutions and their application in interaction, rehabilitation, virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tasks are reviewed. While the early variants of such systems were based on commercial touch sensors and displays integrated (e.g., stitched) on wearables, electronic skin (e-skin)-type technologies with multifunctional capabilities are being explored nowadays for rich user experience and comfort. In this regard, instead of using separate touch sensors and actuators, miniaturized integrated devices providing both touch sensing and vibrotactile actuation have also been reported recently. Such advances, the associated challenges, and the advantages they offer for users to enjoy the full characteristic benefits of VR/ARs for interaction, immersion, and imagination are discussed. Finally, the huge potential the smart-glove-type solutions hold for advances in various application areas such as robotics, health care, sensorial augmentation for nondisabled and tactile Internet is also discussed. |
Keywords | Wearable human machine interfaces (HMI) ; smart gloves ; virtual reality |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Advanced Intelligent Systems |
Journal citation | 4 (2), pp. 1-22 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 2640-4567 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100091 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aisy.202100091 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 12 Sep 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Jun 2024 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/q6yz7/smart-tactile-gloves-for-haptic-interaction-communication-and-rehabilitation
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